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So finally on the 21. of August we said good bye to Darwin for now. After a refuelling we left for the next overnighter, which would bring us to the King George River. Robbie and his son Mitch accompanied us for 2 hours out of Darwin on their boat “Happy Dayz” and then it was only us and the ocean. …

No chart or online update would have given us that knowledge so we were very lucky – once again. We had a berth at the end of the A Arm and immediately loved the whole place. Being personally walked through the whole marina with every facility and an introduction to the different restaurants and bars we felt very welcome and …

We got quite excited now as Darwin was our next big destination…. the last part of civilisation before we -hopefully- reach the Kimberleys. We got quite excited now as Darwin was our next big destination…. the last part of civilisation before we -hopefully- reach the Kimberleys. When in Darwin our boat Never Land will have brought us safely 1840 nm …

Sitting around in Weipa we were discussing the pros and cons, the very windy weather gave us time…. more discussions didn’t make the decision easier… We finally said the smaller issue is the crossing as it’s quicker behind us. A couple of days later we finally had a weather windows which predicted 4 days of calm weather and waves. Off …

From the Torres Strait our way turned to the south, along the western coastline. We had 2 nice and calm days including good holding and calm anchorages. On one of these days we caught 3 mackarels within 2o minutes ! The dutch explorer Willem Jansz saw for the very first time the Australian coastline in 1606, which is 164 years …

Morris Island was where we aimed to after leaving the Flinders. The ocean wasn’t really calm, but all in all it was a comfortable ride of around 55nm. Whilst trolling we caught a shark, which was happily released, but we were unlucky for the rest of the day. Morris Island Morris is the southern most island in the Cole Island Group …

The island was named by – guess whom ? – Captain James Cook in 1770 when he anchored here to find a way through the maze of reefs whilst looking down from the island’s hills. He commented that the only land animals he saw were lizards…. sundowners on the beach sundowners on the beach For the Dingaal Lizard and the …

With again not having the “best weather” we gave us a couple of days to go from Cairns to Cooktown. On thursday, 5th of May we left Cairns and arrived in Cooktown on the 9th. We decided to bring our push bikes on land and started to explore Cooktown. Even if it’s called “Town”, it’s just a small village with …

Ingo had to make a “wonderful” scuba dive under Never Land, as due to the rough weather her props caught a mooring line from nowhere…. just to tell you : he dived into a brown soup of mud, with possible crocs around, visibility was around 20 cm ! Never Land’s berth in the Marlin Marina was next to 2 commercial …

We got to know very lovely people, running a sailing charter out of Mission Beach, but even they couldn’t make it back home. Lisa, Stu and their son Fletcher from Big Mama Sailing had several good tips for us and we passed plenty of time together, accompanied by , and . Just checked again on the weather forecast : still …

We travelled further north , now heading for the Hinchinbrook Channel, passed islands and places where we’ve never been before, and now it starts to feel like “exploring unknown places”. Until Townsville everything still was too familiar as we have been there so often by car. We saw very unexpected our first crocodile in the wild !!! No, we have …

As the evening was warm and calm and no rain announced we decided to leave all clears on the flybridge open. This morning around 5ish I awoke by the sounds of a heavy shower giving Never Land a nice freshwater rinse ! From hearing the rain whilst still half sleeping to remember the open clears, to run upstairs and closing …

Unbelievable and unexpected : Ingo had to see a dentist today… after the visit the pain was gone and so was one tooth Do we really have enough coffee ? Enough milk ? Enough flour ? Enough wine ? Endless lists ! Still a marine strong wind warning for the area of Cairns to Mackay – we better stay safe …

7. April 2016 Whilst preparing our boat and us for such a long trip things went their usual way : everything happened delayed: ordered items came in 3-4 weeks later, improvements and changes to Never Land were delayed, so we finally were doubting of being able to leave latest on our planned date….. but the last item on Never Land’s …

We are living in Australia since 4 years and all we can say is : it’s a stunning place to live! So much to see and to explore. Whenever we had time we went to see a bit more, mostly by car until now…. With our previous boats we have explored the Whitsunday Islands. Officially there are 74 Islands in this …